Acts 16:16One day on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl. She had a spirit in her that gave her the power to tell the future. By doing this she made a lot of money for her owners. 17The girl followed Paul and the rest of us, and she kept yelling, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how to be saved.”
18This went on for several days. Finally, Paul got so upset that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ, I order you to leave this girl alone!” At once the evil spirit left her.
19When the girl’s owners realized they had lost all chances for making more money, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them into court. 20They told the officials, “These Jews are upsetting our city! 21They are telling us to do things we Romans are not allowed to do.”
22The crowd joined in the attack on Paul and Silas. Then the officials tore the clothes off the two men and ordered them to be beaten with a whip. 23After they had been badly beaten, they were put in jail, and the jailer was told to guard them carefully
In this account there are a few items we should look at closer. To start, Paul and the group were about their own business, going to pray, going to assemble themselves together, working out their own salvation. This girl had an evil spirit in her; and it just would not let them alone or stop harassing these servants of G-D. Maybe some thought it was funny to watch, maybe it was good advertisement for business, after all wasn’t it true, but don’t miss the fact; that it was the evil spirit speaking, not the girl (she didn’t have a say at all in how she was being used. Just get on out there; and make me that money. Then at His servant’s request, G-D, set an abused and trafficked person free. Once the her owners realized that; business as usual was gone, it was right to the law (or at least a twisted version of it), then the news spread (the media of the day), and the rest of the people joined right in lock step. Obviously people can’t think for themselves, and need to be goaded (guided ) to the correct thinking. They were beaten without a trial and locked up. I know; it was not justice, but you should have seen what was done to their master before. Is there a pattern here?
Lets set the clock ahead to the day-night savings time. Look around at where we are, we should be able to say we are well prepared, having the proper gear and training “2 Cor 2:11so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes). If we are not prepared, we need to be.
Government is good thing, designed and implemented by G-D. Sadly someone left the keys in it, and was stolen. Now it is perverted (used in a way it was not intended).
It was to punish the evil doers, so we could have peace, pursue happiness and realize potential. It sure isn’t anything like that now.
Now it has two main jobs, one to take as much money as it can from you, and the other is to sell you to others so they can get your money.
Most of the people coming to the U.S. are being pushed out of their own country because of government corruption and failed policies. In other words they have taken everything that the people had.
But why do so many (it’s only made to appear that way) want open borders and no restrictions?
Have you ever paid a parking meter? Chances are that it was owned by a non-government business. So you paid; to park on a street; that tax dollars built? Sounds crazy. Ever gotten a photo speeding ticket? Again an outside entity is running that, and a ( 60/40 is the standard cut, wow someone should maybe kick-back on that.
Say you have a rental property, and rent to an ordinary person. Get ready for a stream of excuses about why they just can’t get the rent paid on time. Maybe you a healthcare provider, you will need a whole department just to try to collect the past due bills. Lets say you tell your good friend your troubles, and they say I can help you, but there are some fees and you will need to hire my associate. What we will do is get some poor people ( preferably desperate ones) to rent your house and use your healthcare. I know what you are thinking , how are these poor people going to pay? They can’t, and here is the beauty of it we will have the tax payers pay for it all, call it subsidized housing and free healthcare. Say you have a bunch of lawyers, and judges, and clerks, and law enforcement, food services people just laying around. I can help you with that. What you need to do is make so many rules that it is almost impossible to not break some of them. Once that’s in place we will need to build more places to hold these people, do you know any builders, but be sure to tell them that, there are some fees and they will need to hire my associate. I know what you are thinking, how are we going to keep the taxpayers paying all these bills? What we must do is, convince them that subsidized housing free healthcare, is the compassionate thing to do, and us keeping the bad guys of the street is a public service. Here is a thought, does anyone have any substances that might be extremely addictive, that we could sell, maybe some synthetic poppies poppies poppies (sorry I was getting sleepy). I know what you are thinking. They are going to catch on to this. Not to worry, I know some people that will keep saying our message, all day long, and if some try to say anything different , they will diminish their character and shut them out of the conversation.
This is just a little tiny look at what is going on. This is not new, Solomon saw all the corruption of his day, and being the smartest guy in the room still could not stop it. You still may want to read his stuff, it is pretty good.
What seams to be lacking then as now; is self-control.
One of our contemporaries has said “ in climbing the mountain do your best to keep of your steps moving upward, you will eventually get to a higher place. I know it sounds easy.
Remember Esther; she said” if we had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept my peace, but we have sold for destruction”
Do not throw your government away, but you may want to put it in the shop and have it restored to the original factory settings. Oh and since the maintenance has been neglected for so long, it’s really going to cost you.
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